When I was a kid, no movie ending scared me more than "Planet of the Apes." Granted, I was exposed to Tim Burton's poorly received update on the film before I ever saw the stunning ending of Franklin J. Schaffner's original, but the effect was the same both times: total shock, awe, and primal fear over the idea that our world may one day become wholly unrecognizable.
I was far from alone. A young Roger Ebert, just one year into his career as a critic, praised the film for its "thoroughly satisfactory surprise ending," while Pauline Kael commended the movie's ability to pull off its revelations, noting that its "construction is really extraordinary." The final scene of the film, in which an abstract monument in the sand is revealed to be none other than the Statue of Liberty, is both thrilling and existentially horrifying. Who could have ever...
I was far from alone. A young Roger Ebert, just one year into his career as a critic, praised the film for its "thoroughly satisfactory surprise ending," while Pauline Kael commended the movie's ability to pull off its revelations, noting that its "construction is really extraordinary." The final scene of the film, in which an abstract monument in the sand is revealed to be none other than the Statue of Liberty, is both thrilling and existentially horrifying. Who could have ever...
- 9/9/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The first of these two episodes is among the most strongly moral and critical episodes of the series; piercing and biting words from the heart of its creator. The second a less moralistic tale but no less skillfully compiled, personifying that which every person fears and some may not even know has happened.
Season 1, Episode 15 – I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
Originally aired on January 15, 1960
Written by: Rod Serling (story by Madelon Champion)
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Practical joke perpetrated by Mother Nature and a combination of improbable events. Practical joke wearing the trappings of nightmare, of terror, of desperation. Small human drama played out in a desert ninety-seven miles from Reno, Nevada, U.S.A – continent of North America, the Earth, and of course the Twilight Zone.
“… it fell to earth, I know not where.” Or so goes the poem from which the title of the episode derived its name.
Season 1, Episode 15 – I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
Originally aired on January 15, 1960
Written by: Rod Serling (story by Madelon Champion)
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Practical joke perpetrated by Mother Nature and a combination of improbable events. Practical joke wearing the trappings of nightmare, of terror, of desperation. Small human drama played out in a desert ninety-seven miles from Reno, Nevada, U.S.A – continent of North America, the Earth, and of course the Twilight Zone.
“… it fell to earth, I know not where.” Or so goes the poem from which the title of the episode derived its name.
- 7/1/2010
- by Phil Ward
- JustPressPlay.net
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